Recent content by dumbguyfin

I have a feeling that Luke, Manaphy and Volcarona will be quick banned. Infernape and Alakazam will definitely be nice additions to the metagame.

I wouldn't run scarf on roserade since you kinda miss out on sleep powder/rest. Roserade's main selling point is to be able to switch in to bulky waters which are slow anyways. It also gets out sped by common scarfers like Dmanitan, Victini, jolly heracross (if running modest), hydreigon and...

Cacturne is good, but i find Shiftry to be better thanks to (a lot) better speed tier and access to knock off and defog. Cacturne still has a niche, as it is stronger and can set up easier thanks to water absorb.

I really wouldnt recommend running max speed life orb gogoat. It's speed is just too slow, and it cant take hits that well uninvested. If you want to use life orb on a grass type try Shiftry or Sceptile. Gogoat is far better running this kind of set: Gogoat Leftovers 252hp 232 spdef 20spd...

I dont think that Durant has room for Thunder-Fang.Iron Head, Crunch, Rock Slide, Superpower and Hone claws are aöready giving it a bit of a 4mss, so never use thunder fang. Poliwrath isnt exactly common either.

A ban of scolipede would be idiotic in this situation. I feel like complex ban (something like scolipede+espeon) is by far the best choice in this situation, or limiting the amount of pokemon with bp

Overheat is great on arceus, it is actually recommended on E-Killer.

I really dont think so, nothing wants to switch into cb sacred fire either, it still isnt broken. Volcanion is good, but it is easily walled by specially based dragons (goodra,lati@s,etc.), bulky waters,magic guard clefable, chansey, and probably something else. it is A rank material, but has a...

I agree on most of these, but at +1 it is actually really fast (although you need jolly), being able to out speed everything up to base 130 when running positive nature. And the aren't too many scarfers in the meta now, thanks to kyurem being gone. It isn't great, but i certainly wouldn't call...

I really wouldn't run AV diancie due to lack of power (and having to split attacking evs), horrible coverage outside of stab moves, lack of recovery and bad speed.

I wouldnt run mixed volcanion, it is outclassed by infernape, who has no stealth rock weakness, better speed and physical movepool. Volcanions should just stick to sub 3 attacks, defensive, life orb, AV and maybe specs

Agree with everything above. Volcanion will be a great bulky fire type in ou and in ubers. It might face a little competition from heatran (both are bulky, powerful, slow fire types) but it can definitely differentiate itself from heatran. pros of Volcanion: better dual stab, not 4x ground...

At that point people didnt really know what the overall metagame was gonna be like, unlike now. It is much easier to predict how pokes are gonna work since the meta is balanced. Also people didnt realize/ know about power up punch which is the thing that made M-kangaskhan broken

I just dont see Diancie being viable in ou. Maybe as a niche, but it has horrible movepool, mediocre attacking stats, mediocre defensive typing. It is great against fire types, but Charizards kill it with EQ or solarbeam and heatran with earthpower or flash cannon. It will be great in uu against...

The best talonflame counter is magcargo, has reliable recovery (unlike diancie), resist all moves, except steel wing which is neutral. Magcargo also hit diancie hard with stab ancientpower. Magcargo also has great defenses and resists Fire, bug, flying, poison and is only weak to three common...